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A-LEAGUE · TOP 100

Highest paid A-League players

Chris Ikonomidis leads on AU$32,130 per week. These 100 players take AU$398,990 a week between them - 68% of the league's entire wage bill. We hold a wage for 281 of the 338 players in A-League.

TOP 100 WEEKLY AU$399k
SHARE OF LEAGUE BILL68%
MEDIAN AGE30
MOST IN THE LIST13 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club
A-League league stats Top earner at every club All leagues

Where the top 100 play

Combined weekly wages of each club's players in this list

Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club 13 AU$66k Melbourne Victory Football Club 12 AU$53k Sydney Football Club 12 AU$52k Macarthur Football Club 9 AU$50k Melbourne City FC 12 AU$40k Adelaide United 9 AU$26k Newcastle Jets FC 7 AU$23k Perth Glory Football Club 7 AU$22k Auckland Football Club 3 AU$22k Brisbane Roar Football Club 6 AU$19k Wellington Phoenix Football Club 6 AU$18k Central Coast Mariners 4 AU$8k

What each age band takes

Combined weekly wages of the top 100 by age

Under 23 13 AU$46k
23-26 21 AU$71k
27-30 22 AU$111k
Over 30 44 AU$171k

The shape of the top 100

Weekly wage by rank
#1 AU$32k #10 AU$7k #100 AU$1k

Chris Ikonomidis earns 4.9× what the tenth best paid player in the list does, and 21× the 100th. Half of the AU$399k a week on this page goes to the first 26 players on it.

The top 100

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#PLAYERWEEKLY YEARLYTEAMNATION AGEPOSITION
01 Chris Ikonomidis
AU$32,130
AU$1,670,760 Macarthur Football Club Australia 30 Attacking midfielder
02 Ryan Fraser
AU$15,120
AU$786,240 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Scotland 31 Winger
03 Piero Quispe
AU$12,852
AU$668,304 Sydney Football Club Peru 23 Attacking midfielder
04 Jacob Farrell
AU$11,529
AU$599,508 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 22 Left-back
05 Nikos Vergos
AU$11,151
AU$579,852 Melbourne Victory Football Club Greece 29 Striker
06 Hiroki Sakai
AU$7,938
AU$412,776 Auckland Football Club Japan 35 Centre-back
07 Jake Girdwood-Reich
AU$7,749
AU$402,948 Auckland Football Club Australia 21 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
08 Anselmo
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Adelaide United Brazil 36 Defensive midfielder
09 Andrew Nabbout
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Melbourne City FC Australia 32 Attacking midfielder, striker
10 Adam Taggart
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 32 Striker
11 Brandon Borrello
AU$6,615
AU$343,980 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 29 Winger
12 Jake Brimmer
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Auckland Football Club Malta 27 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
13 Juan Mata
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Melbourne Victory Football Club Spain 37 Attacking midfielder
14 Joe Lolley
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Sydney Football Club England 32 Attacking midfielder
15 Josh Brillante
AU$5,859
AU$304,668 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 32 Defensive midfielder
16 Lachlan Jackson
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 30 Centre-back
17 Kota Mizunuma
AU$5,670
AU$294,840 Newcastle Jets FC Japan 35 Right winger
18 Marius Lode
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Brisbane Roar Football Club Norway 32 Centre-back
19 Mathew Leckie
AU$5,481
AU$285,012 Melbourne City FC Australia 34 Winger
20 Roderick Miranda
AU$5,103
AU$265,356 Melbourne Victory Football Club Portugal 34 Centre-back
21 Adama Traoré
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Melbourne Victory Football Club Côte d’Ivoire 35 Left-back
22 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
AU$4,725
AU$245,700 Sydney Football Club Australia 26 Striker
23 Craig Goodwin
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Adelaide United Australia 33 Left wing-back, winger
24 Daniel Arzani
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Melbourne City FC Australia 26 Attacking midfielder, striker
25 Denis Genreau
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 26 Central midfielder
26 Daniel Wilmering
AU$4,536
AU$235,872 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 24 Left-back
27 Filip Kurto
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 Macarthur Football Club Poland 34 Goalkeeper
28 Elba Rashani
AU$4,347
AU$226,044 Melbourne City FC Kosovo 32 Attacking midfielder
29 Harrison Devenish-Meares
AU$4,158
AU$216,216 Sydney Football Club Australia 28 Goalkeeper
30 James McGarry
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Brisbane Roar Football Club New Zealand 27 Left-back, left midfielder
31 Jay O'Shea
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Brisbane Roar Football Club Ireland 36 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
32 Joshua Risdon
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 32 Right-back
33 Joel King
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Sydney Football Club Australia 24 Left-back
34 Joshua Oluwayemi
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Wellington Phoenix Football Club England 24 Goalkeeper
35 Jordan Holmes
AU$3,969
AU$206,388 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 28 Goalkeeper
36 Keegan Jelacic
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Melbourne Victory Football Club New Zealand 22 Attacking midfielder
37 Louis D'Arrigo
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 23 Defensive midfielder
38 Lachlan Rose
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 26 Winger, striker
39 Lawrence Thomas
AU$3,780
AU$196,560 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 33 Goalkeeper
40 Max Burgess
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 30 Attacking midfielder, striker
41 Marcel Tisserand
AU$3,591
AU$186,732 Sydney Football Club Congo - Kinshasa 32 Centre-back
42 Patrick Wood
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Sydney Football Club Australia 22 Striker
43 Paulo Retre
AU$3,402
AU$176,904 Wellington Phoenix Football Club Australia 32 Defensive midfielder
44 Ryan Kitto
AU$3,213
AU$167,076 Adelaide United Australia 30 Left-back, left midfielder
45 Rhyan Grant
AU$3,213
AU$167,076 Sydney Football Club Australia 34 Right-back, central midfielder
46 Ruon Tongyik
AU$3,213
AU$167,076 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 28 Centre-back
47 Samuel Souprayen
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Melbourne City FC France 36 Centre-back
48 Santos
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Melbourne Victory Football Club Brazil 23 Left winger, striker
49 Tom Lawrence
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Perth Glory Football Club Wales 31 Attacking midfielder
50 Sander Kartum
AU$3,024
AU$157,248 Wellington Phoenix Football Club Norway 29 Left wing-back, attacking midfielder
51 Bart Vriends
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Adelaide United Netherlands 34 Centre-back
52 Ben Halloran
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Brisbane Roar Football Club Australia 33 Winger
53 Alessandro Lopane
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Melbourne City FC Australia 21 Central midfielder
54 Aziz Behich
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Melbourne City FC Australia 34 Left-back, left midfielder
55 Andreas Kuen
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Melbourne City FC Austria 30 Attacking midfielder
56 Brandon O'Neill
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 31 Defensive midfielder
57 Víctor Campuzano
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Sydney Football Club Spain 28 Attacking midfielder, striker
58 Ahmet Arslan
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Sydney Football Club Türkiye 31 Attacking midfielder, striker
59 Alex Rufer
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Wellington Phoenix Football Club New Zealand 29 Defensive midfielder
60 Bill Tuiloma
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Wellington Phoenix Football Club New Zealand 30 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
61 Angus Thurgate
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 25 Defensive midfielder, attacking midfielder
62 Alex Gersbach
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 28 Left-back
63 Bozhidar Kraev
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Bulgaria 28 Attacking midfielder
64 Aidan Simmons
AU$2,835
AU$147,420 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Australia 22 Right-back, winger
65 Christian Theoharous
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Central Coast Mariners Australia 25 Winger, striker
66 Damien Da Silva
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Macarthur Football Club France 37 Centre-back
67 Corey Hollman
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Sydney Football Club Australia 21 Defensive midfielder
68 Dylan Scicluna
AU$2,646
AU$137,592 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club Malta 21 Defensive midfielder
69 Germán Ferreyra
AU$2,268
AU$117,936 Melbourne City FC Argentina 29 Centre-back
70 Harrison Delbridge
AU$2,268
AU$117,936 Melbourne City FC Australia 33 Centre-back
71 Jay Barnett
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Adelaide United Australia 24 Defensive midfielder
72 Juan Muñiz
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Adelaide United Spain 33 Attacking midfielder
73 Ji Dong-Won
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Macarthur Football Club South Korea 34 Attacking midfielder, striker
74 Jordi Valadon
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 22 Defensive midfielder
75 Jason Davidson
AU$2,079
AU$108,108 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 34 Centre-back
76 Al Hassan Touré
AU$2,026
AU$105,356 Sydney Football Club Australia 25 Winger, striker
77 Kaito Taniguchi
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Central Coast Mariners Japan 29 Attacking midfielder, striker
78 Kosta Grozos
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 24 Attacking midfielder
79 Zach Lisolajski
AU$1,890
AU$98,280 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 19 Centre-back
80 Brian Kaltak
AU$1,873
AU$97,395 Perth Glory Football Club Vanuatu 31 Centre-back
81 Šime Gržan
AU$1,841
AU$95,725 Macarthur Football Club Croatia 31 Right-back, right winger
82 Joshua Smits
AU$1,833
AU$95,332 Adelaide United Netherlands 32 Goalkeeper
83 Anthony Cáceres
AU$1,826
AU$94,938 Macarthur Football Club Australia 32 Attacking midfielder
84 Kosta Barbarouses
AU$1,760
AU$91,499 Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club New Zealand 35 Right winger, striker
85 Andrew Redmayne
AU$1,758
AU$91,400 Central Coast Mariners Australia 36 Goalkeeper
86 Mitchell Duke
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Macarthur Football Club Australia 34 Striker
87 Nathaniel Atkinson
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Melbourne City FC Australia 26 Right-back
88 Max Caputo
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Melbourne City FC Australia 19 Attacking midfielder, striker
89 Nishan Velupillay
AU$1,701
AU$88,452 Melbourne Victory Football Club Australia 24 Winger
90 Luke Brattan
AU$1,686
AU$87,666 Macarthur Football Club Australia 35 Defensive midfielder
91 Sarpreet Singh
AU$1,663
AU$86,486 Wellington Phoenix Football Club New Zealand 26 Attacking midfielder
92 Tomislav Uskok
AU$1,644
AU$85,504 Macarthur Football Club Australia 34 Centre-back, defensive midfielder
93 Jonny Yull
AU$1,625
AU$84,521 Adelaide United Australia 20 Attacking midfielder
94 Dylan Peraić-Cullen
AU$1,616
AU$84,029 Central Coast Mariners Australia 18 Goalkeeper
95 Dylan Pierias
AU$1,591
AU$82,752 Adelaide United Australia 25 Right-back, right winger
96 Henry Hore
AU$1,591
AU$82,752 Brisbane Roar Football Club Australia 25 Attacking midfielder
97 Joe Shaughnessy
AU$1,550
AU$80,590 Newcastle Jets FC Ireland 33 Centre-back
98 Lachlan Wales
AU$1,542
AU$80,196 Perth Glory Football Club Australia 27 Winger
99 Nick D'Agostino
AU$1,516
AU$78,821 Brisbane Roar Football Club Australia 27 Striker
100 Thomas Aquilina
AU$1,499
AU$77,936 Newcastle Jets FC Australia 24 Full-back

Frequently asked questions

Who is the highest paid player in A-League?

Chris Ikonomidis of Macarthur Football Club, on AU$32,130 per week — AU$1,670,760 a year.

How much do the top 100 A-League players earn between them?

AU$398,990 per week and AU$20,747,498 per year, which is 68% of the entire A-League wage bill.

Which A-League club has the most players in the top 100?

Western Sydney Wanderers Football Club, with 13 of them, paying AU$65,831 a week across those players.

What does it take to make the top 100?

AU$1,499 per week — that is what Thomas Aquilina earns in 100th place.